Chapter 21

Chapter 21 What Exactly Happened Last Night

As Collin's lips hovered mere inches from Linsey's, his fingers clenched the bedsheets with an intensity that betrayed his inner turmoil.

He inhaled sharply, a desperate attempt to gather his waning self-control, and abruptly sat up.

Linsey, still lost in the depths of her dreams, shifted slightly in response. Her hands, which had been resting on Collin's arm, fell away as she turned to her other side in a soft rustle of sheets.

Collin seized this moment to gently disengage his hand and perched silently on the bed's edge, his breaths quick and

uneven.

The air was thick with her unique perfume, a seductive blend that tugged at his resolve like a siren's song.

Collin wrestled with his self-discipline, which seemed to crumble in her mere presence.

Was her allure so profound?

He had no idea what was happening, but staying wasn't an option. He had to go before he lost himself.

He had to go, and he had to go now.

he stood, his movements brisk and silent. He left the room swiftly, leaving

sanctuary of his own room, he strode into the bathroom. The shower's cold blast was immediate, the water cascading over him, a chilling torrent meant to quench the fire that her proximity had ignited, its

a hand through his drenched hair, his eyelids falling

rosy lips vividly painted in his memory. The lingering, sweet scent of her seemed to envelop

flew open, shock and

he noticed that he was erect, which deepened the chaos swirling within

he be losing his mind? Was he devolving

ceased, leaving behind the

of her phone

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a fierce headache threatened to lure her back to the

her fingers brushing against the screen to silence the

at work."

her mind snapping into

just yesterday after leaving CR Corporation, a stark reminder of the orientation she was due for today. There was no room

her fingers against her throbbing temple, struggling to piece together her hazy return to her

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